The Big Sleep (1946) | Underscoring (Mysterious) | 0:24:09 - Marlowe searches for clues | investigating | investigation scene | leading man | mysterious | pc set | private eye | room | searching | secret code | whole-tone chord |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Turning page | 0:24:20 - Marlowe turns the page in the code book | chromatic scale | clue | investigating | investigation scene | leading man | mysterious | private eye | room | searching | secret code | turning | whole-tone chord |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Carmen (Foreboding) | 0:24:22 - Marlowe sees the name Sternwood in a code book | added-note chord | clue | foreboding | investigating | investigation scene | leading man | name on screen | private eye | room | searching | secret code |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Marlowe (Thinking) | 0:24:26 - Marlowe tries to solve the mystery | added-note chord | chromatic parallelism | chromatic scale | clue | investigating | investigation scene | leading man | mysterious | private eye | room | secret code | thinking |
The Big Sleep (1946) | Marlowe (Ear Music) | 0:38:26 - Marlowe talks with Agnes | arguing | book shop | chromatic scale | fragmentation | investigation scene | leading man | private eye | secretary | tense | whole-tone chord |
I Was a Communist for the FBI (1951) | FBI | 0:02:10 - FBI building | agent | chromatic mediant | conversing | establish setting | noble | office | oscillation | secretary | tense | triadic transformation | typing | working |
The Life of Vergie Winters (1934) | Lullaby (Not in Score) | 0:32:18 - Vergie and John look at a baby picture | AABA structure | calm | common-chord modulation | conversing | cuddling | leading lady | leading man | love interest | love scene | lullaby | peaceful | room | score to source | secret love | transcribed by ear |
The Life of Vergie Winters (1934) | Lullaby (Joan) | 0:50:31 - Joan enters Vergie's shop | advance plot | child | conversing | daughter | distortion | entering | foreign key modulation | fragmentation | gentle | harmonic sequence | leading lady | meeting | mother | octatonic scale | reunion | secret | shop | timid |
The Life of Vergie Winters (1934) | Underscoring (Gentle) | 0:51:06 - Joan talks with Vergie | 9th chord | advance plot | altered dominant | augmented sixth chord | child | chromatic parallelism | conversing | daughter | foreign key modulation | gentle | half-diminished 7th chord | leading lady | mother | reunion | secret | shop | timid |
The Life of Vergie Winters (1934) | Lullaby (Delicato) | 0:51:39 - Joan talks with Vergie | 9th chord | advance plot | child | conversing | daughter | gentle | leading lady | mother | parallel 63s | reunion | secret | shop |
The Life of Vergie Winters (1934) | Underscoring (Gentle) | 0:51:52 - Vergie gives Joan a fan | 9th chord | advance plot | child | conversing | daughter | gentle | leading lady | mother | reunion | secret | shop |
The Life of Vergie Winters (1934) | Lullaby (Solo Violin) | 0:52:06 - Vergie gets a ribbon for Joan | advance plot | child | common-chord modulation | conversing | daughter | fragmentation | gentle | leading lady | mother | reunion | secret | shop |
The Life of Vergie Winters (1934) | Lullaby (Strings) | 0:52:30 - Vergie puts a ribbon in Joan's hair | advance plot | child | chromatic mediant | conversing | countermelody | daughter | direct modulation | gentle | leading lady | mode mixture | mother | pedal tone | reunion | secret | shop |
The Life of Vergie Winters (1934) | Lullaby (Sentimental) | 0:53:43 - Vergie talks with John by the lake | conversing | leading lady | leading man | love scene | outside | pedal tone | secret love | secret lover | tender |
The Life of Vergie Winters (1934) | Lullaby (Flowing) | 0:53:59 - John talks with Vergie by the lake | altered dominant | conversing | diminished 7th chord | happy | leading lady | leading man | love scene | outside | pedal tone | reassuring | secret love | secret lover |
The Life of Vergie Winters (1934) | Lullaby (Somber) | 0:54:14 - Vergie listens to John | altered dominant | conversing | leading lady | leading man | love scene | outside | secret love | secret lover | somber |
The Life of Vergie Winters (1934) | Lullaby (Quasi Appassionato) | 0:54:24 - John expresses his love for Vergie | conversing | direct modulation | dissonant bass | fragmentation | half-diminished 7th chord | leading lady | leading man | love scene | outside | passionate | secret love | secret lover |
The Life of Vergie Winters (1934) | Lullaby (Poco Con Moto) | 0:54:53 - Joan and Vergie talk about the future | 13th chord | altered dominant | conversing | dissonant bass | gentle | leading lady | leading man | longing | love scene | outside | pedal tone | secret love | secret lover | sigh gesture |
The Life of Vergie Winters (1934) | A Boy and a Girl | 1:07:00 - John and Vergie listen to the radio | advance plot | altered dominant | common-chord modulation | conversing | leading lady | leading man | listening | room | secret lover | sentimental | simulated source music | source to score | transcribed by ear |
The Life of Vergie Winters (1934) | Lullaby (Dolce) | 1:08:00 - Vergie talks with John | 9th chord | advance plot | common-chord modulation | conversing | leading lady | leading man | room | score to source | secret lover | tender |
The Life of Vergie Winters (1934) | Lullaby (Cello Solo) | 1:08:38 - Vergie talks with John | added-note chord | advance plot | common-chord modulation | confident | hopeful | hoping | leading lady | leading man | room | secret lover | sweet | warm |
The Life of Vergie Winters (1934) | Lullaby (Passionate) | 1:09:39 - John and Vergie embrace | 9th chord | advance plot | embracing | leading lady | leading man | pedal tone | romantic | room | secret lover | tense |
The Life of Vergie Winters (1934) | Lullaby + Here Comes the Bride | 1:10:07 - Vergie imagines the wedding | added-note chord | bride | calm | chromatic mediant | combination of themes | common-chord modulation | daughter | double exposure | familiar tune | groom | leading lady | leading man | peaceful | secret lover | ternary form | transcribed by ear | walking | wedding | wedding | wedding music |
The Life of Vergie Winters (1934) | Lullaby (Dark) | 1:17:11 - Newspaper headline about John's murder | dark | leading lady | secret lover | serious | transition |
The Woman in White (1948) | Ann (Waltz) | 1:14:30 - The countess opens a secret door | advance plot | foreshadowing | helping | leading lady | room | secret passageway | sneaking | tender | victim | waltz | wife |
Without Honor (1949) | Misterioso (Molto Rubato) | 0:43:10 - Bill talks with Fred | antagonist | brother | conflict | conversing | husband | leading lady | leading man | reveal | room | secret | tense | warning |
Without Honor (1949) | Expressivo (Slowly) | 0:43:25 - Jane walks slowly past | conflict | conversing | leading lady | reveal | room | secret | solemn | wife |
Without Honor (1949) | Chromatic Clarinet | 0:43:47 - Jane walks slowly over | conflict | conversing | leading lady | reveal | room | secret | solemn | wife |
Without Honor (1949) | Triste (Appassionato) | 0:47:41 - Mrs. Williams talks to Jane | conflict | conversing | leading lady | reveal | revealing | room | secret | solemn | wife | yelling |
Without Honor (1949) | Desperation (Triste) | 0:48:15 - Jane sinks down slowly | conflict | conversing | descending | leading lady | realizing | reveal | room | secret | sinking | sitting | solemn | wife |
Without Honor (1949) | Appassionato (Molto Expressivo) | 0:48:38 - Mrs. Williams talks to Jane | conflict | denying | expressive | leading lady | reveal | room | secret | wife |
Without Honor (1949) | Twilight (Ethereal) | 0:48:53 - Jane talks about love | conflict | denying | ethereal | leading lady | reveal | room | secret | wife |
Without Honor (1949) | Valse Triste (Andante Doloroso) | 0:49:07 - Fred enters | antagonist | brother | conflict | entering | husband | leading lady | leading man | reacting | reveal | room | secret | somber | thinking | wife |
Without Honor (1949) | Underscoring (Tense) | 0:49:48 - Bill talks to Fred | antagonist | brother | conflict | conversing | husband | leading lady | leading man | reveal | room | secret | tense | thinking | wife |
Without Honor (1949) | Tension (Molto Misterioso) | 0:50:03 - Bill stares at Jane | anger | antagonist | brother | conflict | conversing | demanding | dramatic | husband | leading lady | leading man | reveal | room | secret | slapping | tense | wife |